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paragraphs 2 and 3 above I saw no grounds for entertaining

Mr. Moore's appeals against my decision that he should not

draw house allowance. I will now deal with the specific

grounds of his appeal to Your Lordship.

5.

The first reason advanced in his

memorial correctly states that he is obliged to reside

within ten minutes of the Gaol. This is to ensure his

being within easy call in a case of emergency arising. He

proceeds to argue that, as he is an Officer of a Hospital

(the Gaol Hospital being a branch of the Government Civil

Hospital) whose duties necessitate residence within or

close to the Institution to which he is attached, he comes

within the exception to the General Order 36 (1) by which

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no Officer appointed after the lat. January, 1902, will, be

allowed the privilege of free quarters or be granted an

allowance in lieu thereof.

This Order (36 (1) was based on

the instructions conveyed in paragraph 2(A) of Mr.

Chamberlain's Despatch No. 382 of the 13th. December, 1901,

addressed to Sir F. A. Swettenham, Governor of the Straits

Settlements, and enclosed in Mr. Chamberlain's Despatch

No. 5 of the 3rd. January, 1902, addressed to Sir Henry

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